THE

P R O C E S S I O N P R E C E E D I N G MASS ON T H E FIRST SUNDAY OF A D V E N T

After Terce has been completed, and Holy Water is blessed, one of the Priests goes about the Church sprinkling Holy Wate. chanting the Asperges Antiphon. After the Verse and Collect that follows that a Procession is made around the Church. The Clergy then, leaving the Quire, go in Procession around the interior of the Church, while the following is sung: The Processional Antiphon (used on Sunday only, hy the Clergy, Procession from the Quire into the Church): The 1st Cantor E alone chants: Then, All reply: for the

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At this point the Clergy halt in front of the Rooc Screen for the Celebrant to chant the Bidding of the Bedes. The Bidding of the Bedes (from the Sacramentary of Ledfric, Bishop of Exeter): y. Let us pray the mercy of the Lord, dearly beloved brethren, for our brothers and sisters from the East and from the West,! that each of them might also pray for us in diverse places. Through Christ Our Lord. ^ . Amen. y. Let us pray also for unity in the Church, for the sick, for the disabled, for captives, for penitents, for labourers, fo^ them that have set sail, for them that travel over land, for almsgivers, for the souls of the departed, and for them that are not partaking of Communion, that the Lord grant them to do worthy penance. Through Christ Our Lord. 1^. AmenL y. Let us pray the mercy of the Lord also for the souls of our beloved ones passed away, N., and A'^., that the Lord vouchsafe to bestow upon them a peaceful rest, and translate them unto a place of repos^ and refreshment by the intercession of His Saints. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. I^. Amen. y. We offer Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, this prayer from the rising of the Sun unto the setting thereof, from the right hand side unto the left; to the honour and Glory of the Divine and Human Natures of Christ; to the honour of the celestial hierarchies, of Michael and Gabriel the Archangels; to the honour and glory of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Martyrls; for all virgins, faithful, and penitents, for all that are married; for them that are not exceeding good, for them that are not exceeding evil; for all deserving our prayer and supplication. Through the Same Christ Our Lord. 1^. Amen.

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The Processional Conclusion (used only on Sunday to conclude the Procession): The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the L o r d ; make straight the paths of O u r G o d . Let us pray. Stir up, we beseech Thee, O, L o r d , T h y power, and come; that we may be f o u n d fit to be rescued by T h y protection f r o m the threatening dangers of our sins, and to be set free by T h y deliverance. W h o livest and reignest with G o d the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, G o d , through all the ages of ages. I^. A m e n . Thus is the Procession begun immediately hereafter. completed, and the Divine Liturgy of the Mass is